Vice Admiral William S. Sims, Commander, United States Naval Forces Operating in European Waters, to the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations

CABLEGRAM SENTApril 23 <24> 1918,SSM

To Opnav WashingtonSer. No. 6939

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6939. Your 3080.1 American Ambassador London2 furnishes me copy of letter from Foreign Office the substance of which has been cabled to State Department. The tenor of the letter is to the effect that the pro-German officials in the Azores and Madeira have been removed from Office.3 693903024Sims

Footnote 3: A somewhat chaotic political situation in Portugal that saw two coups by pro-German military officers had resulted in pockets of pro-German sentiment throughout the country and among its leadership, including officials in the Azores and Madeira archipelago. WWI Encyclopedia, Vol. 3: 931-32. See: Herbert O. Dunn to Sims, 6 April 1918.